The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

City, Utah. This position places him III IN
; same regiment with his old instructor
Lieutenant A l.. Wagner, formerly con
nected with the East Florida Seminary.
At Bombay the recent rains have had &
wonderful effect on vegetation of all kinds
notably cereals, which seem to have taken 6
fresh lease of life, so vigorous has been theiI
growth. Corn and cotton look very prom
} Using, while grapes are Just coming into mar
ket. Peaches and figs are quite plentiful.
The Bombay Brick Company are in
crelsing their plant, being 81 much encour-
aged with their first burning they are lay
ing out a new yard All their first output
has been sold at 2 remHnerative price, ard
it is reasonable to predict that Bombay
brick will be one of the paying industries OF
West Florida
Mr.. Holmes, of Bombay, is now busy
making arrangements for his mattress fac
tory He proposes utilizing the moss SO
common on the oak trees TO the south of us.
1t is well known that the moss contains
hypnotic properties of no mean type. This
industry is in its incipient state, and to Mr..
Holmes, the enterprising pioneer OF the
business, there is money.
Mr. Martin one of the Iowa settlers at
| Bombay exhibited an alfalfa or lucerne
growing quite rank and vigorous. 1t was
sowed about April l with oats, in field of
comparatively poor soil, and its present
growth and healthy appearance, considering
the dryneSs Of the season, speaks more Tor
West Florida and Bombay in particular as a
sheep and cattle section than volume Of
writing on the subject could do.
A young man living few miles from
Altoona went to call on his best girl a few
evenings since. His dog Cora followed him,
and before the evening was over took a no
| ton to see what the well needed, and went
! to the bottom. The young man went back
fs,l, INf,
| out with the water bucket. How the dog
lived through the night is a mystery, as the
water in the well is fully five feet
There is a curiosity in the line of an orange
| tree in the grove of w. II. Barlow, on Lake
Jesup. The tree is budded on sour stock
| and has been in bearing for two years 1t
has upon it at the present time an orange
! from last year not yet ripe, a dozen or SO of
! this years crop, and is in bloom again. This
| tree blooms twice each year. Mr.. Barlow
has refused several good offers for the tree
and can hardly be induced to sell the buds.
An old gentleman from Highley passed
| through Altoona one day last week en- route
| to Rockdale county, GA. He came to that sec
| ton in October last, and intended making 1t
his home, but not finding everything like he
| expected, he decided to return. His tale
| was pitiful, stating as he did that he would
I have TO walk from Jacksonville, not having
| old gentleman said people might think he
was foolish, but that he had a niece s years
old that wrote him in every letter that she
| wanted to see him. II appears that all on
earth that nerves him is his fondness for the
| little one.
Up to date G. D. Younglove g. Sons, of
Gainesville, have shipped $3.50 crates of
| tomatoes, and will ship about 800 crates this
| week, making a total of over 1000 crates.
| The aVarapp sailing ul'ice is something over
81 30 per crate, leaving net profit of about
81 per crate. Many tomato shippers have
not been so successful as the Messrs Young
| glove, but their success is wholly due to the
fact that they gave their business their own
| time and attention. OF course they made
| big money out of their tomatoes, but any
! person who will go at the business in the
proper manner can be equally successful
| Florida vegetable farmers can, with proper
| care, make a financial success of the bust
| ness.
| The Woman's Missionary Society met at
| Gainesville Saturday morning at . o'clock.
| The exercises We're opened by Mrs. Peeler.
| The treasurer and corresponding secretary's
| reports were read, which consumed the
| morning session. In the afternoon the
annual election of officers was held, and re-
suited as follows: Mrs. j. T. Harris, of
| Ocala, President; Mrs. DR.. Peeler, of ks
| simmee, Vice President; Miss Louise Tucker,
| of Sanford, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs.
| Hartridge, of Jacksonville, Treasurer, and
Mrs Frazier, of Jacksonville, Auditor. The
report of the financial condition is very fiat
| tering, and shows that the society is in a
| good condition. The reception at the Roche
| mont House in the evening was pleasant
| social affair, and was much enjoyed by the
| missionary workers
Gainesville Adrocdte: Mr.. c. L. Pear
| son, of Archer, left at this office Saturday,
! two of the finest specimens of plums it has
ever been our pleasure to gaze upon. 1t is
the Kelsey Japan plum, and is about the
| size of turkey egg, the largest one weigh
| ing three and quarter ounces. The tree
bears Mt two years old and is said to be
| very prolific bearer. These trees thrive
/ well III Alachua county, and ere long the
| shipment of the delicious fruit bids fair to
| be one of the best paying industries of this
section. These and nearly every other va
riety of fruit trees can be had at the
nurseries of T. b. and G.. e. Pearson,
| Archer, Fla. We advise our people to give
| the kelsey Japan plum trial, rs it is one
OF the most delicious fruits grown. They
are grown ON large scale in California and
are said to do equally as well in this State.
The grand jury in its last presentments
| called attention to the alarmingly crowded
and unhealthy condition of the Duval
county Jail. As there were some five or six
| united states prisoners confined there at
| the time, the presentment was forwarded to
the office of Attorney General Garland at
Washington. Previous complaints had
called attention to the fact that that these
| priSoners--three white, the remainder col
ored-had been confined in the common
cage with the county prisoners without
! proper provision for cleanliness or health. 1t
had been alleged also that it was the custom
| to serve but one meal day-in the morn
ing. After consultation with the au-
| thorities here and an examine
ton into the condition of other
county jails, the Attorney General
| decided to make a change. The United
States Marshal is authorized TO remove
| United States prisoners from the Jail at
Jacksonville to the Jail at Monticello As
the revenue derived from the government
| for custody and support of its prisoners goes
| chiefly TO the county Sheriff, that official in
Jefferson gains what Sheriff Holland loses
The Monticello Jail is declared by those who
have recently inspected it 10 be model of
cleanliness and neatness. 1t is kept so
scrubbed and polished that it fairly shines
| II has accommodations for over thirty priS-
onerS, but rs there are only six criminals
confined there nc present, the accession of
| government convictS cannot crowd il
Disgusting Skin Diseases.
| What spectacle is more disgusting than
TINT Of n man won, >, ,..itI , 81.